Tommy Amaker, who was fired last month after six mostly unsuccessful seasons at Michigan, is expected to accept the head-coaching job at Harvard. Amaker, who has also coached at Seton Hall and was a player and assistant coach at Duke, beat out former Boston University and St. John's coach Mike Jarvis for the Harvard job.Harvard seems like a good fit for Amaker, who is known for emphasizing academics. Amaker will be the only African-American coach at Harvard, which has 32 intercollegiate sports. Amaker's wife, who was associate dean of students at Michigan, is expected to get a job on the Harvard faculty.
Harvard, which has never won an Ivy League title in men's basketball, was criticized in some quarters for firing previous coach Frank Sullivan, who ran a clean program and held his players to high academic standards but had a losing record. Michigan is scheduled to play at Harvard next season.
